What mobile antenna for 10-20
I have a screwdriver antenna that works very well on 6-80, but I would like to use something like a whip or fiberglass antenna that can take a pounding when off-road and be replaced on the cheap when the time comes. I can run the screwdriver when I am back on pavement and looking to run the lower bands. I was thinking that a fiberglass cb antenna might work well for 10-12 with a tuner. I am planning on using a tuner regardless. I'm hoping that something like a 20 meter would give me good coverage in the 10-20 range, but I am not good enough to calculate what SWR would be out of band. I've read somewhere that for this application, they had good luck running a 17m ham stick and it would tune up without outrageous pre-tune SWR's, but I haven't crunched the numbers. The prices are definitely right on those and I won't cry if it breaks on a branch or something.
I have a screwdriver antenna that works very well on 6-80, but I would like to use something like a whip or fiberglass antenna that can take a pounding when off-road and be replaced on the cheap when the time comes. I can run the screwdriver when I am back on pavement and looking to run the lower bands. I was thinking that a fiberglass cb antenna might work well for 10-12 with a tuner. I am planning on using a tuner regardless. I'm hoping that something like a 20 meter would give me good coverage in the 10-20 range, but I am not good enough to calculate what SWR would be out of band. I've read somewhere that for this application, they had good luck running a 17m ham stick and it would tune up without outrageous pre-tune SWR's, but I haven't crunched the numbers. The prices are definitely right on those and I won't cry if it breaks on a branch or something.
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